UK Research and Innovation

UK public funding body that invests around 8 billion pounds of public money each year into research and innovation. It operates through nine entities: seven research councils (AHRC, BBSRC, ESRC, EPSRC, MRC, NERC, STFC), Research England, and Innovate UK. Funding is distributed via competitive open calls through its funding finder, with innovation funding applications handled at apply-for-innovation-funding.service.gov.uk.^1,2,3